Angels "Greg Laurie" "Sam"

Happy early Saturday morning! I have a question for you guys. Do you believe in angels? Before I knew the Lord I don't think I did. When I came to know the Lord come in that thinking changed. My answer now is yes, I do believe in angels. 

The Lord clearly says in his word that he does send us angels to protect us and help us out when we need help. That should be pretty assuring to us! 

Encouraging deep thought for the day:

SMILE Because Jesus loves You! 

Let me share some thought from Greg Laurie,

View in your browser Friday, February 24, 2017 Angelic Protection The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them. —Psalm 34:7 John G. Patton was a missionary based in the New Hebrides Islands with his wife and children. One night, hostile natives surrounded the mission station, determined to murder him and his family. First they planned to burn them out, and then they intended to kill them. Throughout that terror-filled night, Patton and his wife prayed that God would deliver them. And when daylight came, they were surprised to find their attackers had left. A year later, the chief of the tribe that had intended to kill the Pattons became a Christian. So Patton asked the chief what happened on the night they had planned on killing them and why they turned back. The chief said, “Who were all those men you had with you there?” Patton knew of no men who were with him. The chief went on to explain how they saw hundreds of big men in shining garments around the mission station, so they were afraid to attack. Could this be a modern-day example of angelic protection in the life of a Christian? Quite possibly. Certainly the Bible teaches that angels were involved in the lives of God’s people and continue to be involved to this present day. Psalm 34:7 gives us this great promise: “The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them.” And Hebrews 1:14, describing angels, says, “Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?” In other words, God is saying that He has sent His angels to minister to us as believers. He has sent them to protect us and, when we are in a difficult situation, to even deliver us. And when that day comes for us to go and meet the Lord, they will usher us into the presence of God - I want to share how I am pretty sure an angel helped me yesterday. So, Joe and L were running kind of late yesterday morning. And, I remember he only buttoned up my jacket twice. I remember because I was cold when I got outside and I noticed my jacket wasn't fully buttoned up. It was fine I just manually held my jacket together. Anyway, when we got to Starbucks since we're running late, Joe got in line to buy his coffee and instead of waiting for him to help me unbutton my jacket, I tried to do it myself. It was only two buttons. Oh my word, it was having such a difficult time. That was really praying for help. A few minutes later, I was able to get the button out! I was so happy LOL. Then, I knew there was another button remember? But, once I took out the first button, it was able to freely mom remove my jacket! I know it is such a miniscule thing, but I know an angel helped me. I actually got the goosies! Angels are awesome!